**Official** South Africa in England ODIs/T20s Tour 2025

[SeamUp]

This is Highveld batting conditions and right up Markram's street. I thought that one corner of the ground looked short.

 

[SeamUp]

This is ***y batting from Markram.

 

[Chin Music]

Not sure I'm getting home in time to watch Sonny Baker bowl.

Probably a good thing too.............

 

[StephenZA]

I suppose if you are going to have a shitty debut trying to defend 132 is the game to do it in. Its really not going to be all your fault!

 

[kevinw]

Hope we've not stupidly rushed Baker in too quickly.

 

[ashley bach]

#Punish Sonny

 

[SeamUp]

***iest ODI 50 ever witnessed. Geez.

 

[StephenZA]

That was fun for Markram

 

[StephenZA]

***iest ODI 50 ever witnessed. Geez.

He just needs to keep this up for the next five or six years!

 

[Bahseph]

This guy won us a WTC but I will never forgive him for not averaging 45+ in all three formats.

 

[StephenZA]

This guy won us a WTC but I will never forgive him for not averaging 45+ in all three formats.

Still has a chance to fix that!

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Hope we've not stupidly rushed Baker in too quickly.

As @StephenZA says, the batters have let us down, he was on a hiding to nothing to an extent. I get what you mean, but with a T20 World Cup next year and an ODI World Cup the year after, I think we needed to see him at international level soon enough in a relatively low-stakes series (and if his confidence does take a hit here, he’s got a series against Ireland to get it back a bit))

 

[govinda indian fan]

This guy won us a WTC but I will never forgive him for not averaging 45+ in all three formats.

He is same as kl rahul. Both are much better then their average suggests

 

[Molehill]

As @StephenZA says, the batters have let us down, he was on a hiding to nothing to an extent. I get what you mean, but with a T20 World Cup next year and an ODI World Cup the year after, I think we needed to see him at international level soon enough in a relatively low-stakes series (and if his confidence does take a hit here, he’s got a series against Ireland to get it back a bit))

Yeah, wouldn't look too deeply into this. Markram was teeing off know that the total was an easy target, probably would've been more circumspect with 300 on the board.

Archer the only England player to come our of this shitshow with reputation in tact. Smith running out Brook was what started the carnage, so his 50 largely worthless.

 

[StephenZA]

The contrast of Rickelton Vs Markram form is quite stark.

 

[SeamUp]

The contrast of Rickelton Vs Markram form is quite stark.

Only time in the middle and confidence with runs gets batsman into the groove again. Not in between all this T20 cricket

 

[StephenZA]

Only time in the middle and confidence with runs gets batsman into the groove again. Not in between all this T20 cricket

Rickeltons time in the middle could be short with the way Markram wants to end everything quickly!

 

[Hungry Llama]

Good preparation for the ashes this.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Emphatic win this , great start to the tour..

Proteas need to keep this ruthless energy going, the way Markram took Sonny Baker down it reminds me of when Phil Jaques took down Dale Steyn in an odi a while back .

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Only time in the middle and confidence with runs gets batsman into the groove again. Not in between all this T20 cricket

He cant afford to let his rut go on for too long , Rubin Hermann is banging the door down with his runs for SA A , and then there is a certain Lhuan-Dre Pretorius also looking for a cap , nice problems for the coach to have.